AWU Films
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded (2011)
Duration: 30 minutes
Directed by: Elaine H. Kim
Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded is a 30-minute sequel to Slaying the Dragon. Reloaded looks at the past 25 years of representation of Asian and Asian American women in U.S. visual media from blockbuster films and network television to Asian American cinema and YouTube to explore what's changed, what's been recycled, and what we can hope for in the future.
Slaying the Dragon: Asian Women in U.S. Television and Film (1988)
Directed by: Deborah Gee
Duration: 60 minutes
Slaying the Dragon examines Hollywood's portrayal of Asian and Asian American.
Labor Women (2002)
Duration: 30 minutes
Directed by: Renee Tajima-Peña
A profile of the new generation of Asian Pacific American women labor activists, Jun Chong, Karla Zombro, and Quynh Nguyen, as they organize immigrant workers in Los Angeles. The documentary also features interviews with veteran women labor organizers.
Art to Art: Expressions of Asian American Women (1993)
Duration: 30 minutes
Directed by: Valerie Soe
Four Asian American women filmmakers present vignettes of four Asian American visual artists in a cross-ethnic, cross-genre dialogue about art, gender, and cultural politics.
Talking History (1984)
Duration: 30 minutes
Directed by: Spencer Nakasako
Portraits of five women of different generations, occupations, and ethnic backgrounds, from an elderly Chinese seamstress living in San Francisco Chinatown to a young Hmong mother farming near Fresno.
With Silk Wings (1982)
Duration: 30 minutes each
Directed by: Loni Ding
Video 1: Four Women
Video 2: Frankly Speaking
Video 3: On New Ground
The With Silk Wings project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Women's Educational Equality Act) to enhance employment opportunities for Asian American women.
